Science

Real Estate

Undeterred by climate change, US homeowners are moving to climate-vulnerable areas

County Map of wildfire risk based on FEMA National Risk Index

Strength, steps, and swings: How men are staying active

Close up on a navy athletic shoe's strings being tied up.

What TikTok gets right (and wrong) about cleaning

Microwave being cleaned with water and lemon.

How to use AI to capture your maintenance team’s knowledge and turn it into action

A pair of industrial workers inspect their factory's machines.

Aleve vs. Advil - What's the difference? Comparing these NSAIDs

Composite image of a bottle of Aleve with a pink cap on an outdoor table and a bottle of Advil with a blue cap on a white surface.

Environment

How single-stream recycling works — and how your choices can make it work better

A truck dumps recyclable items at the Brookhaven Material Recycling Facility in Yaphank, New York.

Climate change is delaying the arrival of spring in NYC parks, researchers find

Pedestrians under trees of the Mall in Central Park, New York City.

Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives

View of a smokestack coming from the Pinova plastic resin manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Georgia.

Wildfire retardants help stop fires, but also impact ecosystems

A firefighting aircraft drops the fire retardant Phos-Chek near homes during the Palisades Fire on January 10, 2025 in Topanga, California.

Oysters are breathing life into the Chesapeake Bay

A cage full of baby oysters being hauled from the Chesapeake Bay and bound for the Manokin River.

Plants & Animals

Plants & Animals

Rotten tricks: How hot and stinky plants woo pollinators

A collage of thermogenic plants, clockwise from top left: sago palm (Cycas revoluta); Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), elephant-foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata), calico-flower (Aristolochia littoralis), American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris), Florida anise (Illicium floridanum), Rhizanthes lowii, dead-horse arum (Helicodiceros muscivorus).

Plants & Animals

How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds

A flock of sandhill cranes in Louisiana.

Plants & Animals

Got invasive plants? Call a herd of goats

Two goats in a herd smiling happily eating invasive plants in a wide land.

Plants & Animals

Fish are thriving in the river Seine

A view of one of the bridges over the river Seine in Paris, France.

Plants & Animals

How to use hydrocarbon gases for cannabis extraction

Macro detail of dropper with CBD oil, cannabis live resin extraction isolated on white background.

Space

How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter

Concept 3D illustration for Elementary particle core of rotating sub atomic quantum matter with orbiting neutrinos.

Space

5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you'll next see them

The head of Halley's Comet as photographed by Dr George Willis Ritchey.

Space

25 of the best places to see the solar eclipse across the US

The beginning of a solar eclipse as seen through very light cloud cover.

Space

23 astronomical events to look out for in 2023

A view of a Perseid meteor shower in a purple sky with pine trees in the foreground.

Space

33 groundbreaking NASA missions in photographs

Webb NIRCam composite image from two filters – F212N (orange) and F335M (cyan) – of Jupiter system.

Weather

Costs of extreme weather: How to stay powered and protected year-round

Toppled trees on a road in Tallahassee, Florida after multiple tornadoes and winds.

From ski trails to hiking paths, extreme heat is reshaping recreation, and our attitudes

Skiing slopes with little to no snow even in winter due to climate change.

How to be safer when using portable power stations

Couple at a table with a dog camping next to an RV.

Weather

15 ways to stay cool this summer without AC

Person's hands applying UV filter film on glass window

Could a Pigouvian tax help solve climate change?

Silhouette of a coal-fired power plant spewing smoke into the air in Daqi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

Mobile home residents face increased risks from severe weather

Aerial view of mobile home park in the Arizona desert.

The psychology behind what makes Black Friday/Cyber Monday shoppers scan and stay

A clothing store having a sale in a shopping mall with a QR code system displayed at the entrance.

Why some brains are wired for extremism

3D Illustration of the brain showing the concept of the Thalamus processing sensory signals.

Urban vs. rural prescription costs: How geography shapes spending

A generic prescription medicine pill bottle in front of a row of other pill bottles.

Fear is keeping people from cancer screenings — and that could cost lives

A doctor holds a dermatoscope over a patient's skin to examine for skin cancer.

The prevalence and impact of hard water in the US

Electric heater from washing machine aged by hard water.

Strength, steps, and swings: How men are staying active

Close up on a navy athletic shoe's strings being tied up.

What TikTok gets right (and wrong) about cleaning

Microwave being cleaned with water and lemon.

How to use AI to capture your maintenance team’s knowledge and turn it into action

A pair of industrial workers inspect their factory's machines.

Aleve vs. Advil - What's the difference? Comparing these NSAIDs

Composite image of a bottle of Aleve with a pink cap on an outdoor table and a bottle of Advil with a blue cap on a white surface.